Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
This country's in need of apprentices, it's like a drought at the moment.
We need to make sure kids stay on and do their apprenticeships and finish them.
We need tradies, it's like you need an electrician, you need a plumber,
you need chefs, you need carpenters, you need hairdressers.
Instead of just learning something at school
and getting thrown in the deep end...
..you get that chance to really be immersed in your field
and learning from the bottom to the top.
The benefits of my traineeship at the Shire of Katanning were amazing.
I was able to earn money while I was working
and gain a huge amount of experience.
I really just turned 17
and at the start of next year, I'll be a fully qualified vet nurse.
It has been an awesome achievement for myself and the TAFE
and the school and everyone involved.
You goal and your vision gets a bit bigger.
You sort of get the idea of your own company at the end of the tunnel.
You got to go in there thinking, 'This is the rest of my life.'
And if you think of it that way,
you actually have a better respect for it.
Doing an apprenticeship is rewarding or beyond rewarding
for anyone thinking about doing it.
If they're ready to commit, rewards at the end are overwhelming.
And everything I needed was in here.
You can learn from other people so I'd say,
'Look, everything you need is inside of you.
Just take the first step and the rest will come.'
You can't take away what I was taught in the first four years.
That's actually my soul, that's the good work ethic,
the training, you have to do it.
I'll never forget those four years in my life.
Take an apprenticeship on and make sure you finish your apprenticeship
and actually end up with that credit
that you are a specific trained person
to help build a new Australia, the one that's coming.